ENG 1101 New York City Research Guide

Many sections of ENG 1101 at City Tech use New York City as a starting point for writing assignments. This guide will help students locate information about New York City's neighborhoods, demographics, history, and built environment.

Finding Neighborhood Information

The Community Data Portal from the New York City Department of City Planning provides data about population & vital statistics, household income, land use, and for New York's community districts, which are comprised of a few contiguous neighborhoods

Databases : Find Articles and More

Use library databases to find articles from magazines, newspapers and journals and also locate statistical data sets. Click herefor instructions on using library databases from off campus.

Infoshare Statistical resource drawing on dozens of local, state and national databases. Provides demographic, socioeconomic and health data for a variety of areas, including the 292 neighborhoods of NYC. Allows users to generate tables of their own choosing.

Reference Books in the library

Reference books (encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, atlases, etc.) are all located on the 4th floor of the library to the right of the reference desk. Reference books are used in the library and do not circulate.

The Encyclopedia of New York City NA735 .N5 A78 2010. Short articles on a wide variety of topics related to New York City, its neighborhoods, history, built environment, culture, people, and much more